Usually means: Senior non-commissioned officer rank.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word sergeant major:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. sergeant major: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sergeant major: Merriam-Webster
  3. sergeant major: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sergeant major: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sergeant major: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sergeant major: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sergeant-Major, Sergeant-major, sergeant-major, sergeant major: Wordnik
  8. sergeant major: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sergeant-major, sergeant major: Wiktionary
  10. sergeant major: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. sergeant major: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. sergeant major: Dictionary.com
  13. Sergeant-Major, Sergeant Major, Sergeant-major, Sergeant major (fish), Sergeant major: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. sergeant major: Rhymezone
  15. sergeant major: FreeDictionary.org
  16. sergeant major: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. sergeant major: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sergeant Major(General Military), Sergeant-major, sergeant major: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Sergeant Major: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sergeant Major: Card Games

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sergeant major)

noun:  (Canada) A senior non-commissioned appointment in the Army of a company or unit, directly responsible to the officer in charge for their soldiers' performance, standards, discipline, morale, welfare, et al, that can be held by a Warrant Officer or above.
noun:  (US, plural sergeants major) The most senior rank of non-commissioned officer in the United States Army, ranking above a first sergeant. In the United States Marine Corps it ranks above First Sergeant and is equal in grade to Master Gunnery Sergeant.
noun:  (British, plural sergeant majors) An appointment (not a rank) in the British Army and Royal Marines, denoting the most senior non-commissioned officer in a battalion, regiment or company.
noun:  (Singapore, plural sergeant majors) An appointment (not a rank) in the Singapore Army and National Cadet Corps, denoting the most senior non-commissioned officer in a battalion, regiment, company or unit.
noun:  A pintano, a fish of species Abudefduf saxatilis.

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